Youth Opinion Polls Series

Voice of Young People

Since January 1993, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups has been conducting a series of monthly polls in order to ascertain the way young people behave in certain situations. The surveys, conducted by telephone interviews, are carried out by the Youth Research Centre of the Federation.

Over the past few years, the Federation has produced monthly youth poll reports on the following topics:

Number	Release Date	Title	Code
No. 1	Jan 93	Youth and Problem Solving	P01
No. 2	Feb 93	Smoking and Drinking among Youth	P02
No. 3	Mar 93	Young People and the Sino-British Row	P03
No. 4	Apr 93	Young People's Perception of Triad Societies	P04
No. 5	May 93	Young People's Views on Political Organizations	P05
No. 6	Jun 93	Young People's Views on the Hong Kong Economy and their Choice of Jobs	P06
No. 7	Jul 93	Young People's Perception of Superstition and Destiny	P07
No. 8	Aug 93	Young People's Opinion on Medical Services in Hong Kong	P08
No. 9	Sept 93	Young People's Perception of Family	P09
No. 10	Oct 93	Young People's Views on Corruption	P10
No.11	Nov 93	Young People's Views on the Sino-British Talks and the Future of Hong Kong	P11
No. 12	Dec 93	Legal Conceptions among Young People	P12
No. 13	Jan 94	Young People's Views on Retirement Benefits	P13
No. 14	Feb 94	Young People's International Perspectives	P14
No. 15	Mar 94	Young People's Views on the Government	P15
No. 16	May 94	Voting Intentions of Young People	P16
No. 17	Jun 94	News Reading Habits of Young People	P17
No. 18	Aug 94	Young People's Views on Soft Drugs	P18
No. 19	Sept 94	Young People's Attitudes to Voting	P19
No. 20	Nov 94	Young People's Views on Pornographic Materials	P20
No. 21	Jan 95	Young People's Views on the Chief Executive	P21
No. 22	Feb95	Young People's Command of Language	P22
No. 23	Mar 95	Young People's Views about Voluntary Service	P23
No. 24	Apr 95	Young People's Views on Courtship	P24
No. 25	May 95	The Perception of Physical Appearance by Young People	P25
No. 26	Jul 95	Young People's Plans for Their Summer Vacation	P26
No. 27	Aug 95	Young People's Views on Employment	P27
No. 28	Sept 95	Young People's Attitudes towards the '95 Legco Elections	P28
No. 29	Oct 95	Young People's Comments on the '95 Legco Elections	P29
No. 30	Nov 95	Young People's Views on Saving	P30
No. 31	Jan 96	Young People's Views on Marriage and Having Children	P31
No. 32	Feb 96	Young People and Discrimination	P32
No. 33	Mar 96	Communication between Parents and Children	P33
No. 34	May 96	Students and Private Tuition	P34
No. 35	Jun 96	Young People and the Transfer of Sovereignty	P35
No. 36	Jul 96	Young People's Views on Sports and Recreation Facilities	P36
No. 37	Aug 96	Students' Views on Teachers	P37
No. 38	Sept 96	Young People's Response to the Diaoyu Islands Dispute	P38
No. 39	Nov 96	Young People's Expectation Towards the Chief Executive	P39
No. 40	Mar 97	Young People's Views on Home Ownership	P40
No. 41	July 97	Young People's Outlook on Life	P41
No. 42	May 97	Flying Eighteen	P42
No. 43	Jun 97	Student's Views on Examinations	P43
No. 44	Jun 97	Young People's Expectations of the Transfer of Sovereignty	P44
No. 45	July 97	Parent's Views on Child Management	P45
No. 46	Aug 97	Form 5 Graduate's Views on HKCEE	P46
No. 47	Sept 97	Youth's Expectation of HKSAR's First Policy Address	P47
No. 48	Sept 97	Youth's Evaluation of HKSAR's First Policy Address	P48
No. 49	Nov 97	Youth's Views on the Three - Tier System of Representative Government	P49
No. 50	Dec 97	Youth's Views on Financial Situation in the Future	P50
No. 51	Feb 98	Youth's Expectations on Budget Proposal	P51
No. 52	Mar 98	Youth's Views on Quality Education	P52
No. 53	Apr 98	Young People and the 1998 Legislative Council Elections	P53
No. 54	May 98	The Impact of Unemployment on Young People	P54
No. 55	June 98	Youth's Retrospection On The Year Since The Handover	P55
No. 56	July 98	Youth's Expectations of First-Term Legislators of the SAR Government	P56
No. 57	July 98	The Prospects for Graduates	P57
No. 58	Sept 98	Youth's Views on the HKSAR Government's Policy Address	P58
No. 59	Oct 98	Evaluation of the HKSAR Government's Policy Address by the Youth and General Public	P59
No. 60	Nov 98	How important are academic results to students?	P60
No. 61	Dec 98	Youth's Views on Various Occupations	P61
No. 62	Jan 99	Strong Temptation? Young People's Views on Fake and Pirated Goods	P62
No. 63	Feb 99	Do Aims of Revising the Educational System a Matter to Young Students?	P63
No. 64	Mar 99	Implications of the 1999-2000 Budget on Young People	P64
No. 65	Apr 99	The Breaking Up of the Iron Bowl: Do Young People still Find Civil Service Attractive?	P65
No. 66	May 99	The New Generation and the Spirit of the May 4 Movement	P66
No. 67	June 99	Youth's Responses to the Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia by NATO	P67
No. 68	July 99	Youth's Views on Healthy Life-styles	P68
No. 69a	Aug 99	Pay Cuts in Starting Salaries: Do Secondary School Leavers Find Joining the Civil Service Still Attractive?	P69
No. 69b	Aug 99	Prospects for F.5 Graduates	P69
No. 70	Sept 99	The Views of Youth on Credit Spending	P70
No. 71	Oct 99	Youth Opinion of the HKSAR Government's Policy Address	P71
No. 72	Dec 99	Young People and Gambling on Football Matches	P72
No. 73	Jan 2000	A Study of Youth Values through their Behavior on the Internet	P73
No. 74	Feb 2000	The Expectation of Youth on the Budget Proposal	P74
No. 75	Mar 2000	Taiwanese Presidential Election: The Views of Youth on Cross-Strait Relations	P75
No. 76	Apr 2000	Youth's Views on Reading History	P76
No. 77	May 2000	Parents' Views on Education System Review	P77
No. 78	June 2000	Young People's Outlook on Life (II)	P78
No. 79	July 2000	The Views of the Youth on the Basic Law	P79
No. 80	Aug 2000	The Views of the HKCEE candidates on their future prospects	P80
No. 81	Sept 2000	The Views of Youth on Marriage	P81
No. 82	Oct 2000	Youth's Expectations of the Government's Policy and Policy Makers	P82
No. 83	Nov 2000	The Views of Teenagers on Success and Failure	P83
No. 84	Dec 2000	The Views of Young People on Volunteering	P84
No. 85	Dec 2000	Alarm Bells at Christmas	P85
No. 86	Jan  2001	Young People's Views on Getting Wealthy through Investing	P86
No. 87	Feb  2001	The Views of Young People on Health Care Services	P87
No. 88	Apr  2001	Can Young People Become Happier ?	P88
No. 89	May  2001	Exams Pressure and Inadequate Sleep among Students in Hong Kong	P89
No. 90	May  2001	Is it a tough job to be a mother?	P90
No. 91	June 2001	The Challenges for Today's Fathers	P91
No. 92	July  2001	Young People's Views on China's Bid to Host the Olympic Games	P92
No. 93	Aug  2001	The Views of F.5 Students on their Futures	P93
No. 94	Sept  2001	Does Knowledge have a Price?	P94
No. 95	Oct  2001	The Responses of Young People on the Policy Address	P95
No. 96	Nov  2001	China formally signed an accord to join the World Trade Organisation: The Responses of Hong Kong Young People	P96
No. 97	Dec  2001	Young People Learning English and/or Putonghua	P97
No. 98	Jan  2002	Linking the sky with the land	P98
No. 99	Feb 2002	A Snap Shot View of Love among Young People	P99
No. 100	Mar  2002	What to do with the Budget Deficit Problem? Youth's views	P100
No. 101	Apr 2002	Do Opinion Surveys Have any Effect?	P101
No. 102	May  2002	My Views on the Accountability System for Principal Officials	P102
No. 103	June  2002	The New Era of Governance: Youth's Expectations on the Second Term of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government	P103
No. 104	July  2002	How to Encourage Students to be More Active in Sports?	P104
No. 105	Sept 2002	Young People's Attitudes towards Leadership	P105
No. 106	Oct 2002	Do Young People Value Privacy?	P106
No. 107	Oct 2002	Youth's Views on Sentencing for Young Offenders	P107
No. 108	Dec 2002	What is the Way Out of the Budget Deficit?	P108
No. 109	Dec 2003	Who Dominates my Fate?	P109
No. 110	Jan 2003	The Instant Response of Young People to the Policy Address	P110
No. 112	Mar 2003	Views on the War in Iraq	P112
No. 113	Mar 2003	The Opinion of Young People on the Outbreak of Atypical Pneumonia	P113
No. 114	June 2003	Insights Gained from the Outbreak of Atypical Pneumonia	P114
No. 115	June 2003	Responses to the Measures to Improve Environmental Hygiene Proposed by the Team Clean	P115
No. 116	June 2003	Gloomy Economic Prospects: The Challenges for Fathers as Heads of Families	P116
No. 117	Aug 2003	Face the Reality: The Aspiration on Career and Fringe Benefits for Employment	P117
No. 118	Oct 2003	Youth’s Intention to Develop their Prospects in the Pearl River Delta Following the Signing of the CEPA	P118
No. 119	Nov 2003	Young People’s Views on Regulation of Health Claims	P119
No. 120	Oct 2003	The First Chinese Astronaut	P120
No. 121	Nov 2003	Youth’s Expectations of Second-Term District Council Members of the HKSAR Government	P121
No. 122	Dec 2003	Youth’s Views on "Giving without Reward"	P122
No. 123	Jan 2004	If I were the Chief Executive: Youth’s Views on Improving Policy	P123
No. 124	Jan 2004	Consumption Pattern and Expectations of Youth on Radio	P124
No. 127	July 2004	Book Reading Culture of Youth in Hong Kong	P127
No. 128	May 2004	Young People’s Views of their Mothers	P128
No. 129	May 2004	Participating in Online Gaming: Young People’s Views on Avoiding Committing Offences & Protecting Personal Cyber Property	P129
No. 131	Sept 2004	Views of Youth on the Third Term HKSAR Legislative Council Election	P131
No. 133	Mar 2005	After the PRD: Youth’s Attitudes towards Seeking Development in the Yangtze River Delta	P133
No. 134	Dec 2004	Perspectives of Hong Kong Youth on Society: Recent Past and Near Future	P134
No. 135	Jan 2005	The Comment of Youth on the 2005 Policy Address	P135
No. 136	Mar 2005	Intentions of Youth towards Having Children	P136
No. 138	April 2005	Youth’s Views on the Current Strained Relationship of the Sino-Japanese Ties	P138
No. 139	May 2005	Young People’s Perceptions of their Mothers	P139
No. 140	June 2005	Young People’s Views on the Chief Executive	P140
No. 141	July 2005	Youth’s Views on Running Business	P141
No. 142	July 2005	New Reading Phenomena of Youth in Hong Kong	P142
No. 143	Sept 2005	Hong Kong People’s Views on Homosexuality	P143
No. 144	Oct 2005	The Comment of Youth on the 2005/06 Policy Address	P144
No. 145	Mar 2006	2005 Survey of Youth Attitudes and Perceptions towards Personal Data Privacy	P145
No. 147	Dec 2005	Youth’s Online Activities and the Problems	P147
No. 149	May 2006	Young People’s Views on their Community	P149
No. 150	July 2006	Having a Summer Vacation? Not Having a Summer Vacation?	P150
No. 151	July 2006	Young People’s Feeling on Friends and Friendship	P151
No. 152	June 2006	The Phenomena of Youth under the Frenzy of the World Cup	P152
No. 153	Aug 2006	Young People’s Views on Political Talent	P153
No. 158	Dec 2006	Young People's Impression of the Performance of the Hong Kong Athletes in the Doha Asia Games	P158
No. 159	Jan 2007	Young People's Views on Making Money through Quick Investments	P159
No. 160	Feb 2007	The 2007/08 Budget: Expectation of Young People	P160
No. 161	Mar 2007	Poor Youth, Rich Youth	P161
No. 163	May 2007	Young People's Views on Competition for Talents	P163
No. 164	June 2007	10 Years of Handover: Young People's Views on the motherland and Hong Kong	P164
No. 166	Sept 2007	Students Exposure and Access to English Outside School	P166
No. 167	Oct 2007	Students' Views on School Rules	P167
No. 169	Dec 2007	Youth’s Vision of Hong Kong’s Art and Cultural Development	P169
No. 170	Dec 2007	Christmas: Courtship and the Trend of Buying Gifts among Young People	P170
No. 171	Feb 2008	What to do with a Bulging Budget Surplus? Expectation of Young People on the 2008/09 Budget	P171
No. 172	June 2008	Reforming Healthcare System: Are Young People Ready?	P172
No. 173	June 2008	The Sichuan Earthquake: Reflections of Hong Kong Youth	P173
No. 174	July 2008	What are Young People Reading?	P174
No. 175	Dec 2008	The Digital Networking of Youth in Hong Kong	P175
No. 176	Aug 2008	Motherland in Integration into the International Community: Youth’s Views on the Beijing Olympic Games	P176
No. 177	Sept 2008	What Kinds of Legislators Do HK Youth Want to Elect?	P177
No. 178	Oct 2008	The 2008/09 Policy Address: Expectations of Young People	P178
No. 180	Dec 2008	Christmas for Young Lovers	P180
No. 181	Jan 2009	Youth's Views on Drug Testing Proposed by the Government	P181
No. 182	Feb 2009	The Passion in Youth’s Heart	P182
No. 183	Mar 2009	The Effects of the Financial Tsunami on Young People's Views towards Money and Career	P183
No. 184	Apr 2009	The Deviant Behaviour of Youth in Hong Kong	P184
No. 185	Sept 2009	The Heart of Young People for the Motherland	P185
No. 186	Aug  2009	What Problems do Young People Encounter in the Cyber World?	P186
No. 187	July 2009	Summer Holiday of Students under the Threat of the H1N1 Virus	P187
No. 188	Sept 2009	Students' Participation in Private Tuition	P188
No. 190	Jan 2010	What are Young People Afraid of when Using English?	P190
No. 191	Dec 2009	Love and Courtship Online	P191

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